A rabbi who has taught Talmud for years and is an expert in it has been publishing essays on Facebook to spark broader discussions. Rabbi Ysoscher Katz has been using the medium of Facebook to post pictures and accompany them...
The most famous sorcery done by a rabbi in rabbinic literature is that by Rabbi Eliezer, the late first century rabbi. Not only does rabbinic literature portray him as being the most knowledgeable about sorcery, but even engaging in some!...
A month ago today, Disneyland re-opened their underwater ride, “Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage”, having closed it down for most of 2014 for renovations. According to Erin Glover at the Disney Parks Blog, Quite a bit of work has been done...
One of the nicer whiskies I’ve come across is The Macallan Highland single malt Scotch whisky. Recently, I tasted a couple of them; namely, the ten years old and the fifteen years old (I also had the twelve-year old version...
With yet another post as part of my many niddah posts, this post is actually somewhat of a throwback. Nearly eight years ago, I posted concerning a Talmudic excerpt about 3rd-4th century rabbis permitting menstruant women to immerse in a mikveh...
Last week, during the holiday of Sukkot, I was curious about whence we get the waving of the lulav. So, I decided to start at the Mishnah! The primary location for this discussion is in the third chapter of Sukkah,...
Last night, wanting to try something different, we went to The Difference, a kosher-certified restaurant in Los Angeles. The Difference opened this spring in the same space as Milk & Honey had been on Pico Avenue (which we sorely miss)....
The other night, my wife and I went to La Gondola, a nice, kosher restaurant in Beverly Hills, for dinner and enjoyed our meals. While it was not our first time going (it was our 5th or 6th time there),...
On Sunday, a panel discussion was held at the sixth annual Long Beach Comic Con on the topic of creating awesome female characters. Moderated by Michele Brittany, “Beyond Clichés: Industry Experts Discuss How to Create Awesome Female Characters” featured Madeleine Holly-Rosing,...
On Sunday, at the sixth annual Long Beach Comic Con, a panel was held which featured creators who are LGBTQ. Tara Madison Avery moderated the “It’s a Queer, Queer World” panel, which featured Josh Trujillo, Shannon Watters, Jeff Krell, Gillian...
